Re: Hands-on with 560mm :-)
Zos, The shots I made were not well executed enough to base a qualified opinion on, I'm afraid. But the first impression was definately positive. It's big, but not terribly heavy, and handles pretty well for its size, I think. If I didn't have a long lens, it would be a serious contender. Bloody lot of money, but serious nonetheless. On the other hand I don't think I'll trade my Sigma for it now. The half stop brighter viewfinder counts for something, as does the lower weight and easier handling. Jostein - Original Message - From: "Zos Xavius" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 4:51 AM Subject: Re: Hands-on with 560mm :-) So now that you have had this lens for a while, how do you think it compares to the sigma 500? worth the extra money? The sigma looks a lot smaller, but is also much more optically complex. that pentax lens looks massive, even collapsed. On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:44 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Cool! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: "Jostein Øksne" Sent: February 19, 2013 2/19/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Hands-on with 560mm :-) Today my pusher got the 560mm in house. Since I had the time, I popped by for a drool'n'fondle. First impressions are that it's mechanically well built and quite reasonable to handle considering the focal length. It is a lot lighter than the FA*600/4, but a bit heavier than the Sigma 500/4.5. I took a picture of the two together with my crappy cellphone, which Stig Vidar has put online before I even got back to my computer...:-) http://album.heime.org/album/diverse/da560.jpg The camera pictured is a K-5IIs with a DA*200/2.8, just for reference. There may be test pictures forthcoming another day. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hands-on with 560mm :-)
So now that you have had this lens for a while, how do you think it compares to the sigma 500? worth the extra money? The sigma looks a lot smaller, but is also much more optically complex. that pentax lens looks massive, even collapsed. On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:44 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Cool! > > cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Jostein Øksne" > Sent: February 19, 2013 2/19/13 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Subject: Hands-on with 560mm :-) > > Today my pusher got the 560mm in house. Since I had the time, I popped by > for a drool'n'fondle. First impressions are that it's mechanically well > built and quite reasonable to handle considering the focal length. It is a > lot lighter than the FA*600/4, but a bit heavier than the Sigma 500/4.5. I > took a picture of the two together with my crappy cellphone, which Stig > Vidar has put online before I even got back to my computer...:-) > http://album.heime.org/album/diverse/da560.jpg > > The camera pictured is a K-5IIs with a DA*200/2.8, just for reference. > > There may be test pictures forthcoming another day. > > Jostein > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Hands-on with 560mm :-)
Cool! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: "Jostein Øksne" Sent: February 19, 2013 2/19/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Hands-on with 560mm :-) Today my pusher got the 560mm in house. Since I had the time, I popped by for a drool'n'fondle. First impressions are that it's mechanically well built and quite reasonable to handle considering the focal length. It is a lot lighter than the FA*600/4, but a bit heavier than the Sigma 500/4.5. I took a picture of the two together with my crappy cellphone, which Stig Vidar has put online before I even got back to my computer...:-) http://album.heime.org/album/diverse/da560.jpg The camera pictured is a K-5IIs with a DA*200/2.8, just for reference. There may be test pictures forthcoming another day. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
